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Abohilal, S A (2017) Investigating the roles of leaders, managers and their mutual roles in aligning strategy and project management in public sector organisations: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Adams, K A (2023) A multi-hazard cascading risk model for coastal rail infrastructure: numerical modelling & engineering failure analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Albar, A M (2022) The design and development of an intelligent adaptive extrusion system for additive manufacturing robotics in construction using advanced cementitious materials, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Aldawaish, B (2019) Investigating the relationship between top management teams' characteristics and organisational innovation: the mediating role of dynamic capabilities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, Brunel University.
Alfandi, G R (2015) Investigating risk management capability of construction firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Allam, S I G (1986) Planning and scheduling: A new model for planning and scheduling construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Almutairi, A M S (2017) Protecting the rights of temporary foreign 'low-skilled' workers in the Saudi construction industry: a case for legal reform, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Politics, History and Law, Brunel University.
Alrajehi, S H (2014) Importance of KPI identification and implementation in Kuwaiti construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Alshammari, S A R (2019) Developing a comprehensive construction delay analysis technique, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Benhaim, M (1997) Interfirm relationships within the construction industry: Towards the emergence of networks? A comparative study between France and the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: market condition; partnering; performance; quality management; regulation; roles; fragmentation; market; case studies; qualitative research; France
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/interfirm-relationships-within-construction/docview/301604962/se-2
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The principal aim of the study was to show that the current state of the industry is the result of a strategy pursued by the main contractors. The Industry's fragmentation, generated by their merchanting role (Ball, 1988) and their positions of power, and by the changing market conditions over the past 20 years, created vicious circles in the Industry's systemic production system that damaged, in turn, production conditions. Multiple dysfunctions appeared in the Industry due to the disappearance of traditional regulation procedures between the players in the construction process, contributing to its discredited image, as a result of spiralling costs and client dissatisfaction. An historical overview of the Industry, both in France and in the UK, revealed similarities in the developments of their respective national industries with variations related to the players' influence and structural roles in their construction processes. Over the past 10 years, the main contractors have pursued various integrative techniques. Labelled project management, production management or quality management, all attempting to reform some aspects of interfirm relationships without targeting them as the principal problem. The latest organisational form to emerge: partnering, adopted by isolated French construction companies in the 80s and by a few pioneers in the UK since 1994, provides the basis for an overall assessment of the relationships between clients, designers, engineers, main contractors and subcontractors. Different case studies were used to explore the determinants of partnering implementation or, in the case of the French study, the reasons for its failure. This qualitative research, based on longitudinal field research methods (Huber and Van de Ven, 1995) and other qualitative methodologies (Miles and Huberman, 1994, Yin, 1989), highlighted the main organisational features of project partnering and its performance. It also retraced the logical path towards long-term partnering - in other words networks - that some British firms are already pursuing and it also studied the conditions for network diffusion in the Construction Industry. In conclusion, the three theoretical approaches have been applied in order to determine the one that best explains the situation encountered in the Construction Industry. Among these, the evolutionary approaches provide some particularly interesting concepts to help understand the UK and French Construction Industry's situation and the reasons for network emergence in the UK.
Clark, G G (1993) Rule-based integrated building management systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Cooke, R S (2006) The use of alternative energy technologies in buildings: the influence of engineering consultants, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Ghadamsi, A (2016) Investigating the influence of procurement method selection on project performance in Libya, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Howes, R (1983) Project management control utilising innovative forecasting and computerised data bases, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Building Technology, Brunel University.
Jashapara, A (1995) Learning in organizations: A study of the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Henley Management College, Brunel University.
Mesa Jiménez, J J (2021) Artificial intelligence for optimisation and demand side response in built environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Nam, T-J (2001) Investigations of collaborative design environments: a framework for real-time collaborative 3D CAD, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Naoum, S G (1989) An investigation into the performance of management contracts and the traditional methods of building procurement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University.
Nathan, P (1991) Project planning and control systems: An investigation into their application and implications of usage in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Paling, D R (1982) Industrial relations in the building, civil engineering and engineering construction industries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Rowlinson, S M (1988) An analysis of factors affecting project performance in industrial buildings with particular reference to design build contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Building Technology, Brunel University.
Sawacha, E O-O (1993) An investigation into safety attitudes and safety performance in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University.
Steel, A C (1985) The diffusion of working time innovations in manufacturing and construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.
Zhao, Y (2022) An ontology-based semantic building post-occupancy evaluation framework and its application, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Brunel University.